Software Engineer

Adtran, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Adtran, Inc. is seeking a Platform Automation Engineer to join the engineering team in Bengaluru. You will own Python-based automation, CI/CD workflows, and containerized environments across development, test, and production.

The role involves building and maintaining automation frameworks, managing Docker/Kubernetes deployments, and coordinating with cross-functional teams to enhance scalability and reliability.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in platform automation or DevOps.
• Strong Python development skills and scripting ability.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and container orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Python-based automation tools and microservices.
• Build, optimize, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines for complex apps.
• Maintain Docker-based apps, container runtimes, and Kubernetes deployments.
• Automate deployments, configuration management, and environment provisioning.
• Collaborate with Software, QA, DevOps, and Operations teams to improve reliability.

Skills

Python

CI/CD

Linux administration

Platform operations

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

SBT

Git

Ansible

Grafana

Prometheus

OpenStack

AWS

Job description

Welcome!

Our Growth is Creating Great Opportunities!

Our team is expanding, and we want to hire the most talented people we can. Continued success depends on it! Once you’ve had a chance to explore our current open positions, apply to the ones you feel suit you best and keep track of both your progress in the selection process, and new postings that might interest you!

Thanks for your interest in working on our team!

About the role

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Platform Automation Engineer to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Python development, CI/CD automation, containerized environments, cloud infrastructure, Linux administration, and platform operations.

This role involves ownership and maintenance of build frameworks, automation solutions involving containerized applications, orchestration platforms, monitoring solutions, and cloud-based test environments. The engineer will work across the software development lifecycle to improve application/platform reliability, scalability, automation, and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Software Development & Automation

• Design, develop, and maintain Python-based microservices and automation tools.
• Enhance and support platform automation frameworks.
• Develop reusable automation solutions using Python.
• Create and maintain Shell/Bash scripts for installations, upgrades, deployments, and operational tasks.
• Troubleshoot and optimize existing automation implementations.

Build & Release Engineering

• Design, maintain, and optimize complex CI/CD pipelines.
• Support build frameworks and build tooling (e.g., SBT and related build systems).
• Manage build, packaging, artifact generation, and deployment workflows.
• Troubleshoot build failures and pipeline reliability issues.
• Improve build performance and deployment efficiency.

Container & Platform Engineering

• Build and maintain Docker-based applications and tools.
• Design and support containerized deployment architectures.
• Develop and maintain Docker images and container execution environments.
• Troubleshoot container runtime, networking, and performance issues.
• Support custom orchestration platforms and Kubernetes-based deployments.

Infrastructure Automation

• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks and deployment automation.
• Automate application deployment, environment provisioning, and configuration management.
• Improve infrastructure consistency and deployment repeatability.

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Work closely with Software Development, QA, DevOps, System Engineering, and Operations teams.
• Participate in architecture discussions and platform improvements.
• Drive operational excellence and automation best practices

Experience – 3 to 5 years

Technical Stack Requirements

Languages & Frameworks

• Python 3 development
• Groovy, Shell/Bash & Robot Framework

Build & CI/CD - Jenkins, SBT and Git

Containers & Orchestration - Docker, Kubernetes

Configuration Management - Ansible

Monitoring – Grafana and Prometheus

• RHEL, Rocky Linux & Oracle Enterprise Linux
• RPM, YUM & DNF

**Cloud (optional) -**OpenStack/AWS